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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J279 



300,000 Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY = 



B^^ These low prices good only up to December 20th. 



White: Per 100 ....1000.. ..5000 



Queen Louise 91.00 tlO.OO $46.00 



Flora Hill 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Alba 1.40 12.50 60.00 



Wolcott 100 10.00 46.00 



Norway 1.00 10.00 46.00 



WbiteOloud 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Pink: 



LawBon 1.20 1250 60.00 



Marquis 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Enchantress 8.50 30 00 



Genevieve Lord 1.00 10.00 46.00 



Mrs. Joost 1.00 10 00 45.00 



Success 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Mermaid 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Oreosbrook 1.00 10.00 45.r0 



McKinley 1.40 12.50 60.00 



Scarlet: Per 100 ....1000.... 5000 



Crane, still ahead $1.00 $10.00 $46.00 



America 1.00 10.00 45.00 



P. Palmer 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Bstelle 1.40 12.50 60.00 



Orimson : 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 60.00 



Gen. Gomez 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Yellow • 



Golden Beauty 1.40 12.60 60.00 



Eldorado 1.00 10.00 46.00 



Variegated : 



Prosperity, fancy 140 12.50 60.00 



Yiolania, still ahead.... 5.50 50.00 



Marshall Field 140 12.60 60.00 



Stella 1.40 12.60 60.00 



Armazindy 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Viola Allen 1.20 11.00 60.00 



Unrooted Pips at half price of Rooted CuttlnKt. 



25 at 100 or 1000 rates ; 2500 at 5000 rate. 



Express prepaid at above prices. Oaab or 0. 0. D. with pririlegre of examininK 

 at express office. 



California Carnation Company, 



Lock Box 103. LOOMIS, CXL. 



Montlon The Review when yon write. 



Qraocaria Excelsa, 



From 2K-inch pots, extra strong: planta 

 with 2 and 3 tier, 6 to 8 inches hlKb, 



at $16 per 100. 



Qraacaria Imbricata, 



From 2-inch pots, 4 to 6 inches hlRh, 

 •10 per 100 and from 2}i-incb pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, (IS.SO per 100. 



F. LCJDEMSNN, 



3041 Baker Btre«t, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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SPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Strong 2>^in. plants, S2.00 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000 

 Strong S-in. plants, 8.50 "• 80.00 



New Crop Shasta Daisy Seed, 



Trade packet.... 26c; loz...$6.00: lib.. .$60.00 

 Charges prepaid. Terms cash or 0. O. D. 



Loomls Floral Co., Loomis, Cal. 



CARNATION ROOTED CUnill6S A 



Queen Louise, 100 1000 



fine white.... $1.20 $10.00 

 Alba.Iarge white 1.40 12.00 

 America, red... 1.00 

 Mrs P. Palmer. 



big scarlet .. 1.20 

 G. H. Crane, 



scarlet 120 



Eldorado, yel . . 1.2U 

 Marshall Field, 



barred . 1.40 



8.00 



10.00 



10.00 

 10.00 



12 50 



Arma2indy, 100 ICOO 



barred $100 18.00 



Mrs. Joost, pink 1.20 10.10 



Lawson, pink.. 1.40 12 60 

 Pres. McKinley, 



pink 140 1260 



Success. light pkl 20 10 00 

 Harlowarden, 



crimson 1.40 12.60 



Gov. Roosevelt. 



crimson 140 12.50 



Unrooted Cuttings one-h f price. Terras— Cash with 

 order or C.O D., with privilege of examining. Express 

 prepaid at above prices. Ail plants warranted true to 

 name and well rooted. 



HERMITAGE CARNATION CO., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention Ttif R<>Tlew wh»n yon wrlt». 



That little one-inch advertisement in 

 your valuable paper did the work all 

 ripht, as usual. — J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville, 111. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



WITH CARNATION GROWERS. 



As I stated last week, there will be 

 more carnations than ever during the com- 

 ing season. Many houses formerly de- 

 voted to rose growing have been changed 

 and replanted to the easier grown flower. 

 The reasons given by some of the growers 

 are as follows: One told me that his 

 houses were too old and leaky to devote 

 longer to roses. Another stated that aft- 

 er having grown them for five years he 

 concluded his soil was not suitable for 

 roses. Another remarked that his houses 

 were not built right for roses, although he 

 had been using them for that purpose 

 for several years. Two growers com- 

 plained that practical greenhousemen who 

 understood forcing were too hard to se- 

 cure in California. From my observa- 

 tions 1 am sure there will be no excess of 

 roses this season, although some of the 

 places have fine stock and plenty of it. 



But to return to carnations. In white 

 sorts Flora Hill easily predominates in 

 the amount of stock planted. It seems to 

 be the standby with the larger percentage 

 of growers. Queen Louise comes next and 

 finds favor with many. Wolcott is grown 

 in most of the larger places, with varying 

 success, but it has evidently come to stay. 

 The flowers at present bring about twice 

 what is obtained for other white sorts. 

 White ("loud finds favor in a few places 

 but has been discarded by many. 



Prosperity is said by many to be a very 

 shy bloomer but I find it extensively plant- 

 ed again this season. The flowers bring 

 the highest prices of any variety at pres- 

 ent. 



With pink sorts Lawson is still the 

 champion here an<l bids fair to remain 

 so. I find Enchantress to have made won- 

 tlerful strides since last season and many 

 growers are planting it heavily. Triumph 

 I think is next on the list, followed by 

 Ciessbrook, although this variety does not 



find favor with some growers. E. Schwer- 

 in is a good winter bloomer and has many 

 friends. Ethel Crocker has been discard- 

 ed on account of its reluctance to bloom 

 in the winter. Mrs. Joost, although a 

 comparatively small flower, is an abun- 

 dant bloomer and is grown in many of 

 the smaller establisments. Wm. Scott 

 comes under the same head. Genevieve 

 Lord I found only in a few houses. 



With scarlets Estelle has almost super- 

 seded everything. America has been dis- 

 carded and Crane is only occasionally 

 seen. Mrs. Palmer and Harlowarden do 

 not seem to finil much favor and Portia 

 is only planted in a few places. 



Pingree and Gold Nugget are out of 

 business but a few houses are still planted 

 to Eldorado. 



In variegated sorts Bradt seems to have 

 almost disappeared, likewise Armazindy, 

 Stella and Gaiety. The finest I have seen 

 are John Carbone and Iris Miller and sev- 

 eral unnamed seedlings. The majority 

 of growers do not interest themselves 

 much with variegated, although they usu- 

 ally bring good prices. 



There are several other sorts that are 

 grown in a few localities but the list 

 given here represents the varieties in' 

 about the proportion they are grown. The 

 prospects for an unlimited winter's su^ 

 ply are excellent. G. 



SAN FRANC3SCO. 



The Market 



Business is still very quiet and the wea- 

 ther is such that flowers are being brought 

 to the stores in unprecedented quantities. 

 Chrysanthemums are still in their prime 

 and they are making the store windows 

 and the baskets of the sidewalk venders 

 very showy. Outdoor stock has been sold 

 as cheap during the past week as twenty 

 dozen for a dollar, good quality of flow- 

 ers. Without frost the supply will last 

 about three weeks more, by present indi- 

 cations. The quantity of roses is lessen- 

 ing considerably and better prices are 

 being paid. The majority of the first 

 crop is over and those that are now being 

 oflFered are of much better stem. Amer- 

 ican Beauty is scarce and still brings a 

 good figure. The stores are paying from 

 $1 to $2 per dozen. Brides and Maids 

 are selling wholesale at from 50 cents to 

 $1 per dozen and Testout and Liberty a 

 little less. Carnations are plentiful and, 

 except the fancy varieties, there is no 

 great demand for them. Violets are just 

 about in sufficient quantity to fill the de- 

 mand. Outdoor stock has almost disap- 

 peared and with the advent of frosty 

 weather, which we may expect in a few 

 weeks, the price will take a sudden rise. 

 Quite a quantity of Paper White narcissi 

 are seen. This is an unparalleled happen- 

 ing in the history of the trade here. The 

 great downpour of rain in September, 

 which came two months before its time, 

 started the dormant bulbs and we will 

 have a large portion of our bulbous stock 

 a good many weeks earlier than usual. 



I saw in a prominent Sutter street store 

 this week a largo bunch of beautiful white 

 lilac. This is another freak proposition. 

 Fancy cutting a quantity of lilac out- 

 doors in California at the middle of No- 

 vember. 



Some of the florists have already been 

 visited by the Christmas tree dealers and 

 it seems impossible to realize that we are 

 almost to the end of another year. G. 



We think the Review our best publica- 

 tion. — W. J. Miller & Son. 



